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"The European Union has decided that agriculture is like any other sector and should thus be subjected to the hazards of the global markets. For this reason, it has decided to allow the expiry of dairy quotas, which facilitated the stability of the milk market and supported the prices paid to farmers, even though they are minimal, at a time when large producer countries would prefer milk to be considered as a strategic product and, as such, shielded in World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreements.
The solution that has been found to replace this outgoing regulation is that of contractual relationships between producer organisations and dairies. However, this does not solve a single one of the issues facing the sector, let alone those facing farmers. It neither guarantees the prices that will be paid to farmers nor strengthens their position in negotiations with large dairy groups, nor indeed their very survival.
Were we to consider the lot of agri-foodstuff producers from a financial point of view, in the opinion of the vast majority of professionals, it will lead to mass production at huge industrial facilities, built in areas with good transport links, at the expense of moderately-sized, established farms. Furthermore, it brings no tangible advantage for consumers, hence we voted against this report."@en1
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